Football preview capsule: Hamshire-Fannett

HAMSHIRE-FANNETT LONGHORNSDistrict: 21-3A Coach: Don Price (0-0, first season at
Hamshire-Fannett, 105-58-1 career) 2009 records: 0-10 overall, 0-5 district (last place).Last playoff appearance: 2003, lost 13-10 to Barbers Hill in Class 3A Division I bidistrict game.Returning letterwinners/starters: 9 (five offense, four defense).Returning all-district players: Second Team– Austin Simmons, sr., RB; Phillip Williams, sr., TE; Phillip Williams sr., OLB; Myles Johnson, sr., DB.2010 SCHEDULE
Sept. 3 Anahuac 7:30 p. m.
Sept. 10 at Buna 7:30 p. m.
Sept. 17Huffman 7:30 p. m.
Sept. 24 Kelly 7:30 p. m.
Oct. 8 West Orange-Stark* 7:30 p. m
Oct. 15 Hardin-Jefferson* 7:30 p. m.
Oct. 22 at Orangefield* 7:30 p. m.
Oct. 29 Bridge City* 7:30 p. m.
Nov. 5 at Silsbee* 7:30 p. m.What’s new?
Don Price, previously the head coach at Barbers Hill, replaces Walt Mangan as head coach. Price is installing an Iformation offense to replace the flexbone the team ran under Mangan. He’s also changing the defense to a 3-4. Price, a Nederland native, has added new equipment for the weight room and a strength and conditioning coach who oversees boys and girls athletics.Did you know?
Price has a history with Hamshire-Fannett — he beat the Longhorns the last time they made the playoffs while coaching Barbers Hill.
“I always remember them being a tough, physical team who could give anybody a game,” Price said.
Until the 1960s, Hamshire and Fannett were two separate schools and both played against each other in a 6-man district. Hamshire was the Bulldogs and Fannett was the Falcons.Say what?
“We’re not worried about positions — we just want to get athletes on the field,” Price said of the position changes he is making, including moving Brent Lewelling, a defensive back last year, to defensive line. “Our goal is improvement this year. Hopefully we get a few wins in the process. We’ve got to get faster, stronger and learn how to play at a high level.”